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Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela
In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us. Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness, or ubuntu -- defined as, I am, because of you. And he dedicates the talk to South African leader Nelson Mandela, the human embodiment of that same great-hearted, generous spirit.
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Jeff Speck: The walkable city
How do we solve the problem of the suburbs? Urbanist Jeff Speck shows how we can free ourselves from dependence on the car -- which he calls a gas-belching, time-wasting, life-threatening prosthetic device -- by making our cities more walkable and more pleasant for more people.
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Why bother leaving the house? | Ben Saunders
Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it's always pleasant and happy, but because that's where the meat of life is, the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. Saunders' next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.
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Iwan Baan: Ingenious homes in unexpected places
In the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story Tower of David, an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the water in Nigeria, and an underground village in China. Glorious images celebrate humanity's ability to survive and make a home -- anywhere.
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Travel writing a disappearing Oceania—w/ J. Maarten Troost: Reversing Climate Change podcast S2E9
One of the many tragedies of the climate crisis is that the people least responsible will be the first to suffer. Among the regions where this is playing out is in the atoll nations of Oceania, an area of small islands in the Pacific where it feels ‘more like being on a boat than a continent.’
J. Maarten Troost is the travel writer behind such titles as The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Getting Stoned with Savages and Headhunters on My Doorstep. He spent multiple years in Kiribati in the Equatorial Pacific as well as Fiji and Vanuatu. On this episode of the Reversing Climate Change, Maarten joins Ross to explain how he came to spend time in the region of Oceania and offer insight around the provocative titles for his books and the egalitarian nature of island culture.
Maarten goes on to describe how climate change is impacting the area, explaining why these atoll nations will be uninhabitable within 30 years and what the people there are doing to prepare for this inevitability. Listen in to understand why Maarten is pessimistic about our ability to make systemic change before it’s too late and hear his take on the role of the travel writer in the age of climate change.
Key Takeaways
[1:20] Maarten’s take on the term Oceania
Refers to islands of Pacific, South Pacific
More like being on boat than continent
[2:05] How Maarten came to travel in the region
Adventurous work as journalist in Prague
Mundane job as temp after grad school
Girlfriend got work opportunity in Kiribati
[6:24] Why Maarten chose provocative titles for his books
Racist overtones in previous books about region
Titles designed to mock Victorian mindset
[8:51] The egalitarian nature of island culture
Someone asks for something, you give it to them
Must work as team to survive
[10:28] How climate change is impacting the Pacific
King tides cover entire islands (without storm)
Coconut trees near shoreline dead from salination
Gardens only work in middle of island now
Atoll nations uninhabitable in next 30 years
[14:41] The two schools of thought in the region
Some believe God will take care of people
Others making plans to migrate to Fiji
[17:05] Why adaptation is not an option in Oceania
Atoll = finite space
Islands will be gone by 2100 with 4° increase
[18:23] Maarten’s take on so-called ‘climate porn’ tourism
Guilty of it himself (travel to Africa to see rhinos in wild)
Glaciers, atolls and certain animals will disappear
[20:11] Maarten’s pessimism re: our ability to make systemic change
Carbon emissions still on rise despite need for drastic drop
Not creating political infrastructure to mitigate climate change
[22:03] The connection between human progress and temperature
Human civilization around for 300K years
‘Didn’t do squat’ until 10K years ago when temp stabilized
Hasn’t deviated by more than 1° since then
[26:08] The role of a travel writer in the age of climate change
Travel as source of personal meaning won’t go away
Experience something novel that changes us for better
[31:19] What makes a good travel writer
Develop voice that resonates with people
Brings out ‘the human’ in any setting
[35:32] What Maarten is working on now
Some consulting work
Collaborating on TV show
[36:59] The tragedy of the loss of islands in Oceania
People among least responsible for climate change
Unique culture on each island will disappear
[39:01] Maarten’s take on social media
Creates environment of misinformation, conflict
Tweeting dumb thought can destroy life in seconds
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Brands & Innovation—Spreading Stories to Create Value with Wendy Clark, The Coca Cola Company
Too often, brands lean away from innovation and risk-taking. But now more than ever, brands, companies and customers must come together in a mutually accountable ecosystem of spreading good, relevant, useful, impactful and desirable content— brand stories that are share worthy. New technologies and forms of consumer engagement let us spread new brand stories to unprecedented numbers of consumers in real-time. Done well, these stories spread to create brand love and brand value for our brands and companies. And, at their best, they create new value for the world. But there are also challenges: How can we distinguish good content from merely more content? How do we tell the difference between tomorrow's high-risk, high-reward technology and this week's shiny object? In this morning's keynote address, Wendy Clark, Head of Integrated Marketing Communications for The Coca-Cola Company, will discuss how Coca-Cola is leaning into evolved consumer engagement with their Liquid and Linked communications strategy. She'll be joined onstage by Renny Gleeson—Co-Founder of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) and Head of Interactive Strategy for Wieden + Kennedy. Together, they'll discuss how Coca-Cola, PIE and W+K collaborate to fuel innovation in consumer engagement and beyond.
07. DestAus18: Creating emotional connections
Phillipa Harrison, Executive General Manager, International, Tourism Australia
Lisa Ronson, Chief Marketing Officer, Tourism Australia
Stan Hieronymus Talks Hops
Beer journalist, author and homebrewer Stan Hieronymus joined us this week. If you have an interest in hops, this is the show for you. Stan talks about the modern evolution of hops, and whether there is really a hop shortage. Plus, we learn about why you shouldn't use the term noble hops. It's great information for homebrewers and pros alike. Plus, we talk about the 2nd annual Columbus Beer Bash, how to win a membership in the SweetWater Woodlands Circle. And, we completely suck up to an upper midwestern state for a very good reason. Truck and Tap's Beers of the Week: Monday Night Brewing Space Lettuce Double IPA Wrecking Bar Jemmy Stout Scofflaw POG Basement IPA Sweetwater Woodlands Series #4 Headlines: Lager/Light Ale Growth is Outpacing Other Styles Related: Brewers Association releases 2017 Craft Brewery Growth Statistics Related: Paste Interview with Arches on Lager Coming up next week, we're on the road once again from the Classic City Brew Fest from Athens, Georgia. Have a great week, and don't forget to DRINK LOCAL. Cheers!
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